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New York Fashion Week

• New York Fashion Week is a semi-annual series of events held in Manhattan, showcasing international fashion collections to buyers, the press, and the general public.
• It is one of four major fashion weeks in the world, along with those in Paris, London, and Milan.
• The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) created the modern notion of a centralized "New York Fashion Week" in 1993.
• The first New York Fashion Week was created in 1943 by Eleanor Lambert, press director of the American fashion industry's first promotional organization.
• Spring Studios at 50 Varick Street in Lower Manhattan is the primary location for New York Fashion Week.
• In February 2014, Dr. Danielle Sheypuk became the first wheelchair-using model to appear in a show for New York Fashion Week.
• In September 2014, Karen Crespo became the first quadruple-amputee to walk at New York Fashion Week.
• In December 2014, a New York state court approved a settlement in a lawsuit by community activists over whether allowing the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week tents in Damrosch Park was a violation of the public trust doctrine.
• In 2014, New York State passed legislation designating models under the age of 18 as child performers, restricting the hours they can perform and requiring additional documentation.
• The first New York Fashion Week dedicated menswear shows were produced in 2015.
• In 2016, the season ended with a number of designers either experimenting with, or planning to adopt, a "see now, buy now model".
• Admission to shows at New York Fashion Week is typically in the form of accreditation, with specific events by invitation only.